[email protected] still worried about ISIS tunnels in and around Baghuz. US-backed Syria n Democratic Forces also trying to clear area of IEDs and on the ook-out for "explosive laden cars and motorcycles"

"Strikes have been reduced to help protect the civilians and due to battlefield conditions" per @OIRSpox "Civilians who have escaped are reporting ISIS is using them as human shields and killing innocent civilians in order to intimidate others from trying to leave"

ISIS has fallen militarily and besieged in area of about 600 m2 in Baghuz and very soon victory will be declared from the frontline, Deir ez-Zur battle SDF general commander Chiya Firat said in a press conference in #OmarOilField.

SDF commander says that ISIS have brought hundreds of civilians above ground in Baghouz, having hidden them previously in a network of underground tunnels. "We do not want to cause a massacre," said Adnan Afrin.

[email protected] says there are still concerns about ISIS in Afghanistan Philippines Sahel and beyond "There is no one-size fits all approach to permanently defeating ISIS' influence across the globe. Our coalition is addressing the threat in each region."

"We have ensured ISIS no longer holds the innocent people of Syria or Iraq in their murderous iron fist" per @DepSecDef in Munich "We have destroyed its ability to mass forces and we have killed most of its leadership and significantly diminished its resources"

In the latest ISIS al-Naba newsletter (169) includes short story of member of the group called Abdul Malik al-Dagestani (from the Caucasus/Russia) who joined the group branch in Egypt (not clear if they mean Wilayat Sinai or Egypt's Mainland cells) and was killed in an airstrike

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